TopNational Historic Site · 1821Igloolik Island Archaeological SitesPhoto: BaShildy · CC BY 3.0 · Commons file
Igloolik Island Archaeological Sites · Photo: BaShildy · CC BY 3.01historic place on the registers
History of Igloolik · Canada’s heritage registers
Igloolik: 1 historic place, with the highest designation
Its housing is mostly newer: 0% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. Igloolik Island Archaeological Sites, from 1821, is the town’s national historic site.
Historic places
1
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Oldest building
1821
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
0%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Igloolik’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Tap any dot to open that place’s own page; hovering shows its name.
The 1, by tier
1 Highest designations
Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists the places the Government of Canada has recognized; outside Québec, provincial and municipal listings come only through Wikidata, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
One place in Igloolik with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Homes by age
New homes stand out in Igloolik: 7.6% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
25% of Igloolik’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. More of Igloolik’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000 than in any other period: 35%. Half of the homes standing in Igloolik today were built before 2001.
0%
Before 1961
29%
1961–80
35%
1981–2000
25%
2001–15
7.6%
2016–21
IgloolikTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
In brief
Igloolik in brief
The registers count 1 historic place in Igloolik, one with the highest designation, Igloolik Island Archaeological Sites first. Counted by age, only 0% of its homes come from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, its designation dates from 1978.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
Questions about Igloolik’s history
How old are the homes in Igloolik?
0% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Which places in Igloolik have the highest designation?
Igloolik Island Archaeological Sites.
What is the oldest building in Igloolik?
By its record, Igloolik Island Archaeological Sites, from 1821 (National Historic Site).
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (homes by period of construction). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).